Abstract Aiming at investigating the effect of the polymer molecular weight (Mw) on the physical and gas permeation properties of poly(ionic liquid)-ionic liquid (PIL–IL) composites, this work focuses on membranes… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Aiming at investigating the effect of the polymer molecular weight (Mw) on the physical and gas permeation properties of poly(ionic liquid)-ionic liquid (PIL–IL) composites, this work focuses on membranes based on variable Mw pyrrolidinium-PILs having [C(CN)3]– as counter-anion and different amounts (20, 40 and 60 wt%) of free [C2mim][C(CN)3] IL. Although all the prepared composite materials have high thermal stability (Tonset > 556 K) for post-combustion CO2 separation, the evaluation of the film forming ability shows that it is not possible to obtain free standing PIL–IL membranes using the Low Mw PIL (average
               
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